The tomb was damaged in the 2013 flash floods. "We had our own plans for the project. We wanted the Shankaracharyas of the four 'peeths' to lay its foundation and inaugurate it. However, the BJP has decided to assign the work - which should have been done by saints and seers - to the prime minister," Rawat told reporters.

Former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat today expressed reservations over Prime Minister Narendra Modi laying the foundation stone for a project to renovate Adi Shankaracharya?s Samadhi in Kedarnath, saying it should be done by saints and seers. (PTI)